Thursday, March 3, 2011

Be Inspired

I am happy to be a part of a group on LinkedIn titled CopyRights-Artists Rights. The group was created by artist and designer Phyllis Dobbs to actively help educate and spread awareness of the copyright laws. This Blog Hop , organized by artist designer Brenda Pinnick, is a group effort to educate and show how we can be inspired from others' original artwork.

Use your own imagination and craft a unique project. Your original piece of art then becomes protected under the law. In the United States, copyright protection automatically exists from the moment the work is created.

Copying someones artwork and misrepresenting that it is your own is wrong; it is against the law. It is an infringement-- a violation of the rights secured by a copyright.

Showing an Internet audience how to wrongfully copy original artwork is an unethical practice.

Be Inspired!

I am in love with Jonathan Adler, his life story and his store. I work hard for my money and I'm very particular where I spend it. He sells colors, I love colors. His quilted line of pottery is inspired by Chanel. I love Chanel, and so on and so on.

After noticing a trend of four colors in last Sunday's Target ad, I decided to take a look at the Jonathan Adler store to see what color groups he is selling. I clicked on NEW and fell for the colorful, geometric square paperweights AND round crystal coasters. This is my Jonathan Adler inspired coaster project. It's not crystal and it's not round, but it's colorful and mine.

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I already had the coasters from a book project. You can buy a Two Coaster Cross Stitch Kit at Hobby Lobby for around $10. The coasters are plastic. I used double-stick removable tape for the paper backing so they are interchangeable.

I am not a symmetrical designer but wanted to use the 9 buttons for a geometric look.

Yellow Houndstooth and Navy Buttons

Black Polka Dot, White and Red

Monochromatic Gold Damask

Please visit all the participating blogs below. Each one is unique, informative and inspiring!